Marriage as Model of Hope: Sacramentally Married Couple's Retreat
An Ignatian, Silent Overnight Retreat for Couples
February 7 - 8, 2025
Suggested Contribution: $240.00 per person
Groups Attending: Sacramentally Married Couples
Summary
Our hearts yearn to know and love Jesus, to follow him closely, and even to see the world as he would. Ignatius guides us in cultivating such a relationship. Stories from the Christian Scriptures can invite a "personal knowledge" of Jesus. Together we will engage Ignatian principles and develop some methods to reflect on and share our own stories. In this way we can discern, as married couples, how to support and deepen the hope Jesus models for us.
Retreat Experience Gallery
Bellarmine Main Entrance
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mary McKeon Library
St. Joseph Gazebo
Mother Teresa Garden
Eastern Africa Collection
Fireplace Lounge
Dining Room
Winter on the Grounds
Resource Center
Sacred Heart Statue at Sunset
Susie's Memorial Garden
Madonna Library
Lower Level Lounge
Retreat Leader
John and Leah Sealey
John and Leah Sealey made two commitments in 1989. The first was the sacrament of marriage. The second was a two year journey with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) in Belize. Together, with fellow JVs, they attempted to practice the four components of the program: keeping faith, doing justice, building community, and living simply ... a practice that continues to this day!
Currently, John works on the provincial staff with the Midwest Jesuits coordinating international ministries. Leah is a spiritual director (trained at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House) and convenes MKE Spiritual Directors. They live in Milwaukee and parent three young adult children.